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The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as Soo) with the two cities named Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario and in Michigan, located on either side of the St. Marys River. The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the United States and Canada permits vehicular traffic to pass over the locks. A railroad bridge crosses the St ...
Aerial view of the ship as museum. Purchased by Le Sault de Sainte Marie Historical Sites, Inc., for $10,000, the ship was towed from Wisconsin to Sault Ste. Marie on July 6, 1968, during Sault Ste. Marie's tri-centennial celebration. As a museum ship, Valley Camp is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Used as a storage barge until 2003, a group tried to save her; however, poor communications within the company saw the ship sold in 2004 and scrapped in Sault Ste. Marie by Purvis Marine. The majority of the hull was fed to the Algoma Steel Mill but the forecastle was saved as a summer cottage at Detour, Michigan.
The Museum Ship Valley Camp is over 100 years old, and has a long history both as a shipping freighter and as a museum in the city. Great Lakes history up close: Inside the Museum Ship Valley Camp ...
The boat tours began in 1934 when Milo Beechwood Welch, a local tugboat captain, fulfilled his dream of showing the history of the locks. Original Soo Locks Boat Tours celebrates 90 years on the ...
Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: Michigan: Sault Ste. Marie: ... Sault Ste. Marie: Soo Locks Visitor Center: Michigan: South Haven: Michigan Maritime Museum
The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals that enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the rapids of the St. Marys ...
Nov. 30—SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The Soo Locks' MacArthur Lock will close for the season on Dec. 17 and remain closed until April 24 for safety inspections and maintenance, the U.S. Army ...